Garment



Jan. 13, 1942.

c. M. w. BLACK 2,259,755

GARMENT Filed July 24, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l fera. 4% M/f/ff/f/ack B?@ma Jan. 13, 1942. c. M. w. BLACK GARMENT Filed Ju1y24, 1940 2sheets-sheet 2 Inventor @am W l/drre/f .5/40? A Homey Patented Jan. 13,1942 U-Nfirsn' stares regi-:awr or src-s1 Gara M. Warren Black, SanAntoniof'ex.

Application July 24, 1940, SeriaLNo. 347,284.

2 Claims.

My invention relates to undergarments and more particularly toimprovements in combination lingerie, the primary object in View beingto provide a unitary lingerie set including a slip and so-called undiesand a brassire which can be easily put on and fastened so as tofacilitate dressing and undressing.

Another object is to provide such a garment embodying a brassire, askirt, and underdrawers, all substantially in one piece and equippedwith a single slide fastener for closing the saine.

Other objects are to provide a garment of the type and for the purposeabove set forth which may be worn with comfort and is inexpensive tomanufacture.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presentlyappearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustratedin the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in the succeedingdescription and defined in f the claims appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of a preferred embodiment of myinvention,

Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation, and

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation with the garment open and drawn toan enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, my improved garment comprises aslip including a skirt I and bodice 3, the bodice 3 being formed of aback panel 4 and a pair of side and front forming panels 5 attached, asat 6, to the side edges of the back panel 4 and having front edges 1adapted to be secured together in the front of the garment.

The skirt I is stitched at the waist, as at 2, to the lower edges of theback and side panels 4, 5, of the bodice. The underdrawers 9 areattached at the upper edge thereof to the lower edge of the bodicepanels 4, 5, and to the waist of the skirt I by the stitches 2 and maybe of any desired style, but are preferably full and have a back seamIll. The skirt I and underdrawers 9 are split in front for a suitabledistance down and the edges of the split of the underdrawers aresuitably attached as by stitching, not shown, to the edges of the splitof the skirt, the attached edges designated II being aligned with thefront edges 1 of the bodice 3, respectively. The top edge of the backand the top edges of the side panels 4, 5, of the bodice 3 are hemmed asat I2.

. A pair of substantially oblate, dished brassire flaps I3 are attachedat front ends thereof,

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as by stitches I4, to the front edges I of the side panels 5 at theproper height to cover the breasts and so as to extend oppositely fromsaid edges in floating position.

A pair of upper and lower elastic straps I5, I6, connect the rear endsof the brassire flaps I3 across the back of the wearer. A pair ofshoulder straps I'I are suitably connected at rear ends thereof to theback panel 4 of bodice 3 upon opposite sides of the vertical center ofthe latter, respectively. The front ends of the shoulder straps II areconnected by slide buckles I8 to the center of loop straps I3. The loopstraps I9 are each connected at their ends, by stitches 20, to the topedges of the appropriate side panel 5 and related brassire flap yI3 inthe center of said panel and flap.

As will be apparent, the attached edges II of the skirt I andunderdrawers 9 together with the front edges of the side panels 5 definea single front opening in the garment.

Zipper slide fasteners 2| are secured in the usual manner to oppositesides of the described opening, which is to say, along the attachededges II and front edges 1, with the usual slide 22 for closing saidfasteners and opening.

By virtue of the described garment structure, all that is necessary toput on the same is to slip into the underdrawers 9, insert the armsthrough the shoulder straps I'I and pull the slide fasteners 22 upwardlyand the garment is fastened in place. The brassire flaps I3 may beadjusted tight or loose upwardly by means of the slide buckles I8. Aswill be obvious, the garment m-ay be as easily taken off as put on.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suflice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is sus-- ceptible ofmodification without departing from the inventive concept and right isherein reserved to such modications as fall within the scope of thesubjoined claims.

What I claim is:

l. A lingerie set comprising a slip including a bodice opening in frontand provided with front edges, a skirt stitched at the waist edge to thelower edge of said bodice, a pair of underdrawers attached at the waistedge thereof to said waist edge of the skirt, said skirt and drawersopening in front part way down and having the edges of the openingsthereof attached together and the attached edges aligned with the frontedges of said bodice to form a single opening in the lfront of saidgarment, slide fasteners extending along said attached edges and thefront edges of the bodice and forming a single closure means for saidopening, a pair of elongated brassire iiaps in said bodice having frontends stitched to said front edges of the bodice, respectively, theremainder of said flaps being free, and a pair of elastic upper andlower back straps connecting the rear ends of said aps.

2. A lingerie set comprising a slip including a bodice opening in frontand provided with front edges, a skirt stitched at the waist edge to thelower edge of said bodice, a pair of underdrawers attached at the waistedge thereof to said waist edge of the skirt, said skirt and drawersopening in front part way down and having the edges of the openingsthereof attached together and the attached edges aligned with the frontedges of said bodice to form a single opening in the front of saidgarment, slide fasteners extending along said attached edges and thefront edges of the bodice and forming a single closure means for saidopening, a pair of elongated brassire flaps in said bodice having frontends stitched to said front edges of the bodice, respectively, theremainder of said flaps being free, a pair of elastic' upper and lowerback straps connecting the rear ends of said flaps, and a pair ofshoulder straps having rear ends secured to the top edge of the bodicein the back thereof and front end loops having a pair of terminals, theterminals of each loop being secured to the top edge of one of saidflaps and the top edge of the bodice in the front of the latter.

CARA M. WARREN BLACK.

